Current Affairs 10th January 2017

Current Affairs 10th January 2017

NATIONAL:

• Kerala Ranks 8 in ’12 Destinations to Watch’ in 2017 by ABTA
• Vijayawada to host 1st Digi Dhan Mela in Andhra Pradesh
• 3-day National Conference for e-Governance to begin in Visakhapatnam
• Ministry of Road Transport & Highways organises 28th Road Safety Week
• Maharashtra govt comes up with amendment in Land Revenue Code
• Prime Minister to inaugurate country’s 1st International Exchange being set up by Bombay Stock Exchange in Gandhinagar

INTERNATIONAL:

• Qantas named world’s safest airline 4th year running
• Russia removes LinkedIn from local App stores

BANKING NEWS:

• Bank of India to reduce its interest rates

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• EPFO makes Aadhaar mandatory for pensioners, members
• General Anti-Avoidance Tax Rule to kick in from April 2017
• Odisha government plans to issue 11.40 lakh RuPay cards to farmers

APPOINTMENTS:

• Olympic champion David Rudisha to be Mumbai Marathon Ambassador

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• Barai, Shivangi received Pravasi Bharatiya Samaan Award
• Indian teenagers win prestigious Travel Photographer Of The Year award 2016
• Agra and Sikkim have bagged positions in New York Times’ top travel destinations list
• Veteran Hollywood actress Meryl Streep slams Trump at Golden Globe Awards
• La La Land sweeps Golden Globes with seven wins

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• China to set up world’s highest altitude Gravitational Wave telescopes in Tibet

SPORTS NEWS:

• Velavan Senthilkumar wins British Junior Open Under-19 Squash title
• Chennai Open: Bopanna & Nedunchezhiyan bag men’s doubles title

OBITUARY:

• Iran’s ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dead